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Empty wheelchair parked in hospital
Empty wheelchair parked in hospital
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 27, 2023
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Transgenderism
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Here Comes ‘Transableism’

Wesley J. Smith
January 27, 2023
Transgenderism
Once surgically altering people who feel they are the different sex than they were  when born becomes normalized, we will soon be ready for the next abyss. What is that? “Transableism.” Read More ›
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Tree canopies
Tree canopies
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Author
Jackson Meyer
Date
January 25, 2023
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Nature and Conservation
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Medical Journal Demands ‘Ecological Equity’

Jackson Meyer
January 25, 2023
Nature and Conservation
The Lancet is the world’s oldest and (once) most respected medical journals. Like most publications of this genre, it has gone totally woke. It is now so out in left field that it has editorialized that the planet deserves equity. Read More ›
Peggy Hartshorn
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podcast
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 23, 2023

Dr. Peggy Hartshorn on Heartbeat International, Pregnancy Resource Centers, and Abortion Pill Reversal

Peggy Hartshorn
January 23, 2023

A continual criticism of the pro-life movement is that adherents only care about children before they are born. But is that true? The proliferation of Pregnancy Help Centers throughout the country and the many outreach efforts of the pro-life movement to help women and babies after birth testifies to the lie of the accusation. Wesley’s guest today has been immersed Read More ›

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Doctor checking pregnant woman
Doctor checking pregnant woman
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 18, 2023
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Abortion
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To Reduce Abortions, Should Giving Birth Be Free?

Wesley J. Smith
January 18, 2023
Abortion
With Roe v. Wade now in the dustbin of history, the pro-life movement is switching gears to the difficult task of persuading the country to reject abortion. Americans United for Life is in the thick of that fray and has now issued a white paper arguing that birth should be free to every mother in the USA. Read More ›
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transgender flag in the palm of the hand.
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 16, 2023
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Transgenderism
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The Transgender Tide Is Turning

Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2023
Transgenderism
The time has come for an intense but mutually respectful societal conversation that focuses not only on the causes of transgenderism and the potential benefits of transitioning such people, but also the many risks and alternatives that can care compassionately for suffering people while maintaining cultural equilibrium. Our future thriving requires nothing less. Read More ›
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Asian doctor and an assistant in the operating room for surgical venous vascular surgery clinic in hospital.
Asian doctor and an assistant in the operating room for surgical venous vascular surgery clinic in hospital.
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 12, 2023
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Transgenderism
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Maryland Catholic Hospital Liable for Refusing Transgender Hysterectomy

Wesley J. Smith
January 12, 2023
Transgenderism
Two principles of Catholic health-care ethics forbid removing healthy organs and sterilizing a patient absent a necessity caused by a pathology, such as cancer. These principles are increasingly in conflict with the transgender movement that has the ACLU and others suing when Catholic hospitals refuse transgender surgeries based on these religiously based precepts. Read More ›
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Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann at Discovery Institute's 2022 Insiders Briefing
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute
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podcast
Author
Howard Glicksman
Date
January 9, 2023

Steve Laufmann and Howard Glicksman on the Design of the Human Body

Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
January 9, 2023

In this episode of the Humanize podcast we will explore the human body. Is your body “engineered” or did it evolve through impersonal and random processes over countless millions of years of natural selection? And what difference does the answer to that question make? Wesley’s guests are the authors of Your Designed Body, a new book that explores the complexity Read More ›

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Young pregnant woman by the window
Young pregnant woman by the window
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 2, 2023
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Bioethics
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‘Baby Farms’ Are Already Here

Wesley J. Smith
January 2, 2023
Bioethics
Will artificial wombs replace natural gestation? Until very recently, that notion was a far-fetched conjuring out of futuristic novels such as “Brave New World.” But research is fast advancing that could make this dystopian prospect a reality. Read More ›
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